At the time, the reformist left – comprising the PD, SEL and PSI, of which I was the secretary – avoided forming an alliance with the party led by the former magistrate. Who has changed their mind today? Riccardo Nencini, former secretary of the PSI, writes to us.

This time, the Prime Minister’s words reveal the backbone of a party aiming to secure over thirty per cent of the vote; there is a manifesto that the left is still struggling to draft; and there is a strategy that some call the ‘cannibalisation’ of allies, but which is in fact yet another gamble: the need to cover the centre, the right, and the centre-right.

The disparity between regions regarding renewable energy represents one of the most complex tests for a coalition seeking to govern the country. It will be interesting to see whether the measures proposed by the parties that describe themselves as progressive will provide adequate solutions

What is the problem with the Left? The tyranny of merit and the usual temptation to confuse inequalities of opportunity with inequalities of outcome. But abolishing merit-based rewards does not make the world a fairer place

On the day of Meloni’s address, Vannaccia’s supporters organised a sit-in to call for Russian energy: the agreement between Russia and the US is “a lesson for Italy”. The leader of Sud chiama Nord, an ally of FdI, stole the limelight. The Prime Minister lashed out in the Chamber: “Opportunists”

Sharing the article from Il Foglio featuring the full text of Prime Minister John O’Sullivan’s speech on X, he comments: “I have rarely read so much common sense in such a short space of time.”

First the scene with the lawyer from "Le barzellette", then the thousand absurd excuses put forward by John Belushi. The film-loving speech by the leader of IV in the Senate

The Prime Minister’s response. To the Vannacci supporters: “Whose interests are you defending?”. To the left: "Before trying to bring Putin and Trump together, try getting Magi and Fratoianni to agree on a single resolution." The two respond with a photo. Conte: "I have never denied an increase in military spending in my governments." Schlein follows: "We are the real game-changers." Cross-voting on abstentions across the broad coalition on the resolutions